Case Report
Year: 2023 | Month: March | Volume: 10 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 10-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230303
Wandering Uterine Leiomyoma: A Case Report
Rosemol Poly1, Anju Alex2, Usha Christopher3, Minnu G Dev4
1-4Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. SMCSI Medical College & Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, India 695504.
Corresponding Author: Rosemol Poly
ABSTRACT
Wandering fibroids, commonly referred to as parasitic fibroids, are a relatively uncommon kind of extrauterine benign tumour in women of reproductive age. It has no myometrial connections and frequently develops in conjunction with other abdominopelvic structures' blood supply. Due to their odd placements and symptoms, these fibroids are challenging to diagnose by imaging. There are several hypotheses on the origin of parasitic fibroids, including the iatrogenic seeding of fibroid pieces after morcellation in laparoscopic myomectomy, and pedunculated subserosal fibroid separating from its stalk and joining other abdominopelvic structures.
We discuss a case of parasitic fibroid in a 41-year-old nulliparous woman who suffered from abdominal pain and whose usg findings were indicative of an atypical fibroid in this report (broad ligament fibroid).
Keywords: [fibroid, wandering or parasitic fibroid, laparotomy]
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